The highest price ever actually paid for a race horse was
$265,000, for which sum August Belmont parted with Tracery to Señor
Unzue. Though Sir John Rutherford paid only £5,000 for Solario, he
may well reap £30,000 a year by offering him at stud.

As everyone knows, the Aga Khan III claims descent from Mohammed and the
earliest Persian monarchs. As such, he and...